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What you need to know about coronavirus on Saturday, June 13
Should you wear a mask? (Yes.) Go to a crowded house party? (No.) Take the train to work? (It depends.) It’s hard to do the right thing when…
Continue Reading The race-related things that have changed since protests began around George Floyd’s death
As protests around the world continue over police brutality and the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, change is happening across the US.…
Continue Reading Meet the Asian Americans helping to uproot racism in their communities
It’s a common rule in Asian American households: Don’t bring home a black boyfriend or girlfriend. And it’s an order many young…
Continue Reading An American policeman killed George Floyd. Now Europe is re-examining its colonial history
At an old stone harbor in the English city of Bristol, young people gather at a bent railing by the water and peer into the murky deep. They’re…
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Minnesota pardons Max Mason in rape case that led to lynchings of three black men
An African-American man convicted of alleged rape was granted a posthumous pardon Friday, nearly 100 years after angry mobs lynched three others…
Continue Reading Australian sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China after a court convicted him on charges of drug smuggling. The man, who was not…
Continue Reading Summer camps try ‘pods’ to keep campers together while limiting the spread of coronavirus
As the summer sun rises high in the sky, kids who have been out of school and stuck at home are itching for an escape from the pandemic-induced…
Continue Reading Bubba Wallace says there’s more good than bad in fan reaction to NASCAR’s Confederate flag ban
Bubba Wallace is excited about the change he’s seen in NASCAR this week. Wallace, the only full-time African American driver in NASCAR’s…
Continue Reading Confusion reigns as countries loosen coronavirus lockdowns and cases rise
“Can’t hug my nan but I can go on Nemesis Inferno with her,” wrote one Twitter user regarding his grandmother and a popular UK…
Continue Reading Another person who attended Lake of the Ozarks on Memorial Day weekend tests positive for coronavirus
Another person has tested positive for coronavirus after visiting the Lake of the Ozarks over Memorial Day weekend in Missouri, health officials said…
Continue Reading Minneapolis police officers pen open letter condemning former officer Derek Chauvin
Members of the Minneapolis Police Department spoke out on Friday out against former police officer Derek Chauvin in an open letter addressed to…
Continue Reading Firefighters grapple with triple-digit heat against wildfire
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of Arizona residents under an evacuation notice were allowed to return home Friday but were told to remain ready to…
Continue Reading Tiffany Haddish weighs in on George Floyd protests: ‘You shouldn’t be scared to be in America’
Actress Tiffany Haddish can’t even drive through Beverly Hills without getting stopped, she told CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux in an emotional…
Continue Reading San Francisco mayor unveils plan for police reform
San Francisco has unveiled a new police reform plan with the hope of addressing structural inequities and fundamentally change the nature of policing…
Continue Reading Mother of African American man killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, files wrongful death lawsuit
The mother of an African American man who was shot and killed by a white police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, last year has filed a federal…
Continue Reading New Jersey police officer charged with assault after allegedly deploying pepper spray ‘without provocation’
A New Jersey police officer was charged with two counts of assault on Wednesday after allegedly deploying pepper spray on two people “without…
Continue Reading Cuomo, de Blasio don’t want to see Christopher Columbus statue removed or NYC’s Columbus Circle renamed
As municipalities across the United States revisit the naming and display of monuments honoring people with histories of racism and violence toward…
Continue Reading Tariq Mir, Jammu and Kashmir’s Tyrion Lannister lookalike, dreams of Bollywood stardom
In the winter of 2018, actor Tariq Ahmad Mir was performing in a comedy skit to welcome visitors to the picturesque hill town of Pahalgam in the…
Continue Reading Videos raise question about in-custody death deemed an ‘accident’ by Tennessee officials
Within hours of his call to 911 outside a convenience store, Sterling Higgins lay dead, after video shows him being forcibly restrained on the floor…
Continue Reading Antonio Brown gets probation after changing his plea in battery case
NFL free agent Antonio Brown was sentenced to two years of probation Friday after he pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an incident in which…
Continue Reading Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s son arrested for allegedly stabbing neighbor
The son of NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar faces an assault with a deadly weapon charge after a stabbing incident in California. Deputies from the…
Continue Reading Fitness trainer fired for ‘I Can’t Breathe’ workout
A fitness trainer who worked for Anytime Fitness in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, has been fired after promoting an “I Can’t Breathe”…
Continue Reading What it’s like to be a black police officer, navigating two turbulent worlds
De Lacy Davis remembers the moment vividly. The New Jersey officer and a fellow officer were patrolling the streets of East Orange when a black woman…
Continue Reading Oklahoma City police release video of 2019 deadly arrest after protesters demand it
Oklahoma City police this week released body-camera video of a 2019 arrest of an armed black man who died not long after saying repeatedly during the…
Continue Reading Denver’s school board votes to end its relationship with the city’s police department
Police officers will soon no longer work in Denver’s public schools. The Denver school board voted unanimously on Thursday to end its contract…
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs package of sweeping police reform bills
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed what he called the “most aggressive” police reform legislative package in the nation in a…
Continue Reading A woman is captured on video harassing a Filipino American woman exercising in a park
A woman was caught on video harassing a Filipino American woman as she exercised this week at a Southern California park, the latest in a string of…
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